Famous Cricketers No 82 - H.E. 'Tom' Dollery

Modes of Dismissal Dollery was dismissed 651 times in first-class cricket as follows: b lbw c c (wk) c&b st hw ro total 1933 2 - 1 (-) - - - - 3 1934 5 - 4 (1) - - 1 - 10 1935 18 1 10 (3) 4 4 - - 37 1936 9 11 13 (4) - 3 - - 36 1937 16 2 23 (7) - 1 - 1 43 1938 7 7 19 (8) - 1 - 1 35 1939 12 8 13 (3) 1 - - 2 36 1946 9 10 23 (5) - 1 - 2 45 1947 11 8 27 (8) 1 2 - 1 50 1948 13 7 10 (3) 4 3 1 4 42 1949 9 6 24 (5) 2 1 - 2 44 1950 7 7 29 (6) - - - 2 45 1950/51 (NZ) 2 - 4 (3) - - - 1 7 1951 12 5 19 (7) 1 1 - 2 40 1952 12 3 29 (7) 3 1 - 1 49 1953 16 2 21 (2) - 1 - 2 42 1954 6 8 20 (9) 1 1 - 1 37 1955 17 9 20 (6) 2 2 - - 50 Total 183 94 309 (87) 19 22 2 22 651 Percentage 28 14.5 47.5 (13) 3 3.5 0 3.5 100 Catches in brackets indicate those taken by wicket-keepers. He was not out 66 times in his 717 innings (9.2%). Most Dismissals by an Individual Bowler Dollery was dismissed by 262 different bowlers. Those taking his wicket six or more times were: 12 R.Howorth 10 W.H.Copson, J.A.Young 9 R.R.Dovey, T.W.J.Goddard, R.Smith (Essex) 8 W.E.Bowes, C.Cook, M.J.Hilton, R.O.Jenkins, T.P.B.Smith 7 A.V.Bedser, H.L.Jackson, P.F.Jackson 6 F.R.Brown, C.Gladwin, R.T.D.Perks, K.C.Preston, J.M.Sims, M.W.Tate, J.H.Wardle Monopolising the Scoring On the following 17 occasions Dollery scored more than 50% of his team’s total (all for Warwickshire). 76.5% 62 out of 81-5 v Somerset Wells 1948 60.4% 113 out of 187 v Derbyshire Edgbaston 1938 58.1% 100 out of 172 v Derbyshire Edgbaston 1949 58.0% 156 out of 269 v Essex Westcliff-on-Sea 1955 57.5% 150 out of 261 v Somerset Edgbaston 1950 56.2% 82 out of 146 v Sussex Hastings 1955 54.3% 163 out of 300-7d v Derbyshire Derby 1950 54.2% 185 out of 341 v Middlesex Edgbaston 1950 53.8% 56 out of 104 v Kent Edgbaston 1947 52.4% 152 out of 290 v Glamorgan Edgbaston 1937 52.2% 35* out of 67 v Gloucestershire Edgbaston 1936 52.1% 61 out of 117 v Derbyshire Derby 1952 51.7% 76* out of 147-5 v Hampshire Southampton 1948 51.6% 95 out of 184 v Yorkshire Edgbaston 1948 51.3% 158* out of 308-9d v Leicestershire Leicester (GR) 1952 50.4% 131 out of 260 v Hampshire Edgbaston 1953 50.0% 200 out of 400-9d v Gloucestershire Gloucester (WW) 1949 67